Joel McHale Dishes On His Dramatic Sons Of Anarchy Role: I Get To Be 'Really Bad'

Joel McHale fans are used to seeing the host of "The Soup" bring the laughs on his E! show and on his NBC hit comedy, "Community." However, the funnyman is dropping the humor for a decidedly darker role on FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy."

"This is straight drama," Joel told AccessHollywood.com's Laura Saltman of his "SOA" guest role, during an interview on the set of "Community" in Los Angeles on Tuesday. "[It was] incredible. I was really excited because I get to do a lot of fun stuff that I can't tell you [about]."

Joel, whose character, Warren, gets to be "really bad" on the FX series, said he worked alongside Jimmy Smits and series star Katey Sagal for his two-episode arc, but wouldn't come clean on whether his character sheds any blood during his short time on the show.

"I'm not going to say [if I kill anyone], because Kurt Sutter, the [show's] creator, will -- it'll be like a cartoon in that it'll be like, 'I can say this,' and then I'll turn around and he'll be standing right there ready to punch me in the face," he said with a laugh. "No, I got to work with the lovely and beautiful Katey Sagal -- most of my scenes were with her, but I did get to work with Jimmy Smits a couple of times and he's pretty fantastic. I had a ball of a time doing it."

"That's the most press 'Community' has gotten in the UK ever and I'm flattered frankly," Joel said, adding that he'd like to join Prince Harry's security detail as the person in charge of "the royal black light."

"Community" returns with new episodes on October 19 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC. "Sons of Anarchy" Season 5 premieres on September 11 at 10/9c on FX.